Professional Development Session: 21st Century Engagement Focus: 21st Century Student Outcomes
Watch video: A Vision of 21st Centruy Teachers http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4g5M06YyVw
21st Century Teahcing and Learning is broken down into: 1. THEMES - the greater ideas about emerging and traditional areas that global citizens ahould know and care about as well as be engaged in ongoing learning. 2. SKILLS - abilities and aptitudes that are typically highly valued today, and in future classrooms and workplaces around the world. 3. TOOLS - ever changing and adaptable implements used as a means fro accomlpishing success.
Discuss the following questions:
1. Which skills do you think are most valueable for our students to master?
2. What tools do you currently use in your classroom to achieve 21st century skills?
Focus: Marcia Tate - Instructional Strategy – Brainstorming and Discussion
Discuss as a staff how our PAT results show that our students are struggling with the top three levels of Bloom's.
Analysis, Evaluation and Creation
These are skills that a 21st Century Learner needs.
Using MightyMeeting App, go through the Power Point together as a staff
Discuss the questions based on the two pictures of classroom learning in small groups.
Together as a large group share some insights.
Review the Brainstorming and Discussion slides as a large group
In small groups, read and discuss pages 2-4 from Marcia Tate's book.
Using the Google Docs, groups are to create a content based question using one or more of the words from the assigned level of Bloom's.
Show the reading examples attached to this wiki page.
When finished, staff get into new groups and discuss the questions that follow.
In the new groups, staff are to solve the math problem using any method they choose. Record on chart paper.
Have each group present and share their method.
Discuss how having students discuss and explain their method is beneficial.
Think of 3 ways you can implement Brainstorming and Discussion into your classroom this week. Implement them and come ready to share on the 21st to share your success.
The participants will:
Professional Development Session: 21st Century Engagement
Focus: 21st Century Student Outcomes
Watch video: A Vision of 21st Centruy Teachers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4g5M06YyVw
21st Century Teahcing and Learning is broken down into:
1. THEMES - the greater ideas about emerging and traditional areas that global citizens ahould know and care about as well as be engaged in ongoing learning.
2. SKILLS - abilities and aptitudes that are typically highly valued today, and in future classrooms and workplaces around the world.
3. TOOLS - ever changing and adaptable implements used as a means fro accomlpishing success.
In small groups (3-4) please read the following document:
http://www.p21.org/storage/documents/P21_Framework_Definitions.pdf
Discuss the following questions:
1. Which skills do you think are most valueable for our students to master?
2. What tools do you currently use in your classroom to achieve 21st century skills?
Focus: Marcia Tate - Instructional Strategy – Brainstorming and Discussion
Reading questions that hit on each level of Bloom's Taxonomy
Google Doc for teacher created questions focusing on each level of Bloom's
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wvVLFNbwrUe3akeizM_GoYbInlNilvGCYdMk-5Qq9yQ/edit?hl=en_US
Action Item:
Think of 3 ways you can implement Brainstorming and Discussion into your classroom this week. Implement them and come ready to share on the 21st to share your success.